Handguns used in two northeast Stockton robberies

Wednesday

Jan 22, 2014 at 11:00 AM

STOCKTON – Police reported two armed robberies of individuals Tuesday evening by three men matching similar descriptions in the northeast Stockton neighborhood just north of March Lane and west of Holman Road.

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STOCKTON – Police reported two armed robberies of individuals Tuesday evening by three men matching similar descriptions in the northeast Stockton neighborhood just north of March Lane and west of Holman Road.

In both cases shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, handguns were brandished at the adult male victims and their personal property was taken before the robbers fled the scene in a dark vehicle, possibly a four-door sedan. No injuries were reported by police.

In one case, a man was walking near Rayanna and Fred Russo drives when he was approached by the three robbers. One had a black handgun and told the man to empty his pockets, then one of his accomplices went through the man’s pockets taking personal property.

In the second robbery, a man had just driven into his garage in the 2500 block of Cornflower Street – a few blocks southwest of the previous incident – when a man with a black handgun entered and demanded his money. The man handed over his wallet and the armed robber took out the cash and threw the wallet back, police reported. The victim then noticed that two more men were standing at his garage door pointing handguns at him.

The suspects in the Rayanna Drive robbery were described as a man standing 5 feet 9 inches wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans and a man standing 6 feet 2 inches wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. The gunman was described as a Latino man in his 20s, 5 feet 8 inches with a thin build and a moustache, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, police reported.

In the Cornflower Street robbery, the gunman who came into the garage was described as a Latino man in his 20s, 5 feet 8 and 160 pounds with a moustache, wearing blue jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt pulled over a black hat. One of the gunmen at the door was described as a man between 19 and 20 standing 5 feet 8 inches with a thin build. The third suspect was a man in his 20s, according to a report.